Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-06, 05:35

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by ODwilly

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I gave the Antec SX series server tower that has been in my family since 2001 to a good home. 6 5.25 inch bays and 8 3.5 inch bays with 6 80mm fan mounts! 1.2mm thick steel, no way I was going to let Goodwill scrap it and make $20 😀

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Re: Sun Cheer PSU

Posted on 2016-04-06, 05:27

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I would suggest posting this in the PSU thread, as it is more likely to be noticed by the forum PSU guru's 😀

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Re: Anybody own a house?

Posted on 2016-03-29, 10:04

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I have my step-brother's old cell number for the past 3 years and still get debt collector calls and crap. Despite trying to explain/resolve the issues. 800-numbers are now just untrusted by default

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-03-26, 04:11

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by ODwilly

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Swapped my Pentium 4 machine into a different case with better airflow and set a basic web browser up for a friend. Just a little 2.0ghz Athlon64x2 with 4gb of DDR and an ATI X1050

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-03-25, 07:12

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by ODwilly

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That is a beautiful CRT

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Re: Reviving an IBM Thinkpad 300

Posted on 2016-03-24, 23:14

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by ODwilly

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IIRC Apple Cider Vinegar also works well as an anti-acid (or is it white vinegar?) but ya since it sounds like you have already taken steps to neutralize the acid a couple coats of primer paint/spray paint and a coat or two of normal paint would clean it up real nice and cover the damage up.

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Re: Great PC! But can it run Crysis?

Posted on 2016-03-24, 10:00

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by ODwilly

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http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid= … eon-hd-5450-2gb this site is not perfect for GPU comparisons but I like to use it to give me a general idea before finding actual benchmarks 😀

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Re: My Pentium MMX machine (finished!)

Posted on 2016-03-23, 06:58

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by ODwilly

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Looks like a well balanced and lovingly put together machine, congrats on the final touches and thanks for the updated pics 😀

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-03-23, 06:53

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by ODwilly

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Picking up a purple 13"inch CRT television circa 2000-2003ish with under 100 hours on it soon for free. Should be good for some old console action and take up much less room than the silver 27" CRT I just got rid of 😀

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Re: SIS chipset? What are your experiences?

Posted on 2016-03-20, 05:24

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I have had nothing but great experiences with the SIS 645 chipset used in early socket 478 motherboards. My Soyo P4S Dragon motherboard may have given me years of headaches but now that it is all sorted out and stable the overall performance is just fantastic and is rock solid. With a 2.8/512/533 P4 …

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Re: Missing SMD capacitor on 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 PCI

Posted on 2016-03-17, 18:22

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I am looking at my card and can not tell what that is, it looks like the left side "EDIT: C503" cap underneath the 3DFX logo but about double the thickness.

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Re: How to reliably (and cheaply) store data?

Posted on 2016-03-14, 18:28

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Small server with a good redundant RAID array is a must. Grab all your spare drives, grab a scrap system and a RAID card and toss em in!

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Re: Whats the best Video card for a Pentium 3 500 System

Posted on 2016-03-13, 22:08

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by ODwilly

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I second the Geforce 2 mx cards. Mainly because they are so cheap and plentiful, if you can I would try to go for one of the MX400 cards because they are a tad bit faster. Here is an Abit one for an example on ebay right now http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gaming-Computing-Abit-Siluro-GeForce2-MX400 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-12, 20:26

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by ODwilly

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Voodoo 3 pci, Geforce 2mx pci, Geforce 4 mx, or a FX series card like a FX5200 or FX5500.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-11, 07:43

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The odd part is that after reading your post I hit youtube and just watched a video with a guy using a Phenom ii 965 system with the Geforce 470 getting solid framerates with fairly high settings in 720p. And your I7 should be plenty faster than a Phenom

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-11, 07:16

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Part of the problem could be the the drivers and such for the 400 series Nvidia cards might not be setup right for Fallout 4. I know the "minimum" specs call for at least a Geforce gtx550. I have seen people use Geforce 740's with 4.0ghz OC'd Pentium Anniversary chips and get a pretty steady 30- …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-11, 06:10

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202173 bought one of these for a bday present for my sister today. Her Christmas present was a new EVGA 430watt psu to replace her Dell 300, next up she is going to buy a Phenom ii 965 and she should be able to play Fallout4 pretty well. Had a …

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Re: Introduction and build log for "Mean Green": Nforce2

Posted on 2016-03-10, 22:29

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by ODwilly

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If the reflow does not end up working a Geforce 4 ti4200 would be a good replacement. Around the same performance but more common/cheaper 😀 good luck!

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Re: Introduction and build log for "Mean Green": Nforce2

Posted on 2016-03-10, 21:15

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by ODwilly

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Ah makes sense!

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-03-10, 21:00

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by ODwilly

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You could try gluing a new piece of plastic to the socket to replace the one that broke off, with the right glue it should be possible to make it as strong as it ever was. I know :( and I had just got the motherboard setup, 98se installed and a bunch of games and benchmarks configured on it when it …

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